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    Lahore Museum Research & Reference Library (LMRRL)

    The Museum Library was established as a part of the Lahore Museum in 1894. This is a reference library that began as a small collection of books in a single room and has expanded its variety and collection to include books, periodicals, pamphlets, reports and articles. The Library is located at upper story of Lahore Museum Auditorium, and is open and free to the public.

    Research & Reference Collection

    Antiquities of Lahore Museum range from prehistoric times to modern period. All these help us to study our past and know historical realities. The library is a rich archive of journals and books on a number of wide-ranging subjects particular to the South Asian region. The museum’s library has a special focus on   material that engages with subjects such as museology, art, culture and civilization, ethnography, anthropology, architecture, numismatics, archaeology, history, crafts, oriental languages and conservation.

    The Museum Library is famous amongst students and researchers for its rare collection. Examples of some rare books in the Library are:

    • Textile fabrics of India by Watson - 1866
    • Encyclopedia Britannica –1882
    • Archaeology Survey of India –1873
    • National Monuments of Indian –1885
    • Indian Antiquary by Richard Carnac –1893
    • The Arabian Nights – Published in 1897

    Periodicals

    The library is rich in old journals, magazines, newspapers and working reports. The scope of contents and subjects pertain to history and museology. Examples of popularly accessed periodicals are:

    • Daily INQILAB (Urdu)
    • Daily ZAMINDAR (Urdu)
    • Daily CIVIL & MILITARY GAZETT E ((English)
    • Weekly THE ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY INDIA (English)
    • Weekly KHILAFAT (Urdu)
    • Weekly SIYYASAT (Urdu)
    • Monthly AL-JAMIATA (Urdu)
    • Yearly REPORT ON THE WORKING OF CENTRAL MUSEUM, LAHORE (English)
    • The journal of Indian art (India art and industry) - 1886

    Donated / Gifted Collection

    The Museum is fortunate to have been the recipient of many generous donations from many scholars and literary individuals who have donated their collections to the library.  Notable among them are:

    • Col. Kh. Abdul Rashid.
    • Maulana Ghulam Rasool Mehr
    • Dr. M. Baqir
    • Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
    • Dr. Abdus Salam Khurshid

    Library Services and Facilities

    The following services and facilities are being offered to research scholars and students:-

    • Research and Reference guidance
    • Photocopying
    • Printing and Scanning of required pages from library material
    • Ambience environment with AC invertor (during summer and winter season)
    • Cold drinking water 
    • Reading facility on floor sitting with sofas
    • Videos / documentaries more than four lac on different disciplines through “Curiosity Stream” 
    • Webinar facility
    • Beautification with indoor plant & table lamps
    • Excellent clean & calm environment
    • Millions of Ebooks (in PDF format) on Intranet – researchable through Calibre Software
    • Fast internet

    Membership

    Interested reader may join the library if they fulfil certain criteria given below.  The basic qualification for membership is BA degree in any discipline. 

    Membership Categories

    The following are the categories of readers:-

    A.   Category-I (Lending Service)

                   1.  A-I  The Chairman and BOG Members of Lahore Museum.

                   2.  A-II  Museum Officers / officials

    B. Category-II (Non Lending Service)

                  1)  B-I   HONORARY LIFE MEMBER

                           a. The Director, Lahore Museum may confer honorary life membership to any five citizens

                           b. Ex-Officer of the Lahore Museum can be Honorary Life Member of the Library.

                  2)  B-II    LIFE MEMBERSHIP - (Golden) for life:
                       Any citizen who can be eligible for Life Membership provided that he / she donates one time a sum of Rupees 25,000/=.

                  3)  B-III   GENERAL MEMBERSHIP - (Silver) for One Year:
                       Any researcher possessing Master Degree in Social Sciences like history, archaeology, art and oriental languages etc. or Candidates for CSS, PMS or any other competitive examinations could be a member.

                  4)  B-IV    STUDENT MEMBERSHIP: 

                    The student category is divided into the following two categories:-

                        a. Student Category -I (Green) for One Year:

                        The student studying an M. Phil., PhD., or MS (Hons) doing a research thesis or assignment in the various disciplines of Social Science like art, history, archaeology and oriental languages, etc. could be a member.

                        b. Student Category –II (White) for One Year:

                        The student studying in BS (Hons), M.Sc. or MA or doing research thesis or assignment in the various disciplines of Social Science like art, history, archaeology and oriental languages etc. could be a member.

                   5)  B-V     CASUAL MEMBERSHIP(Yellow) – for One Month

    Casual membership is also provided to the researchers related with art, history, archaeology, and oriental languages etc. serving in educational, publishing and research institutes.

    Membership Fee

    The rate of membership fee shall be as under: -

      Category   Annual Service charges
      A-I & A-II   Nil
      B-I   Nil
      B-II:   Life Membership   One time deposit of Rs.25,000/= as a donation to Lahore Museum Library for Life Membership
      B-III:  General Membership   Rs.3000/= 
      B-IV:  Student Membership – Category -I   Rs.3000/= 
      B-IV:  Student Membership – Category -II   Rs.1000/= 
      B-V:   Casual Membership   Rs.500/= (For One Month only)

     

    Library Timings

     

    Saturday - Thursday: 09.00 a.m. to 05.00 p.m. 
    Weekly Holiday: Friday